Making the Grade (1984)

Name: Making the Grade
Director: Dorian Walker
Released: 1984-05-18
Duration: 105 min

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Title: Making the Grade

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Judd Nelson, Dana Olsen, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dan Schneider, Andrew Dice Clay, John Dye, Carey Scott, Scott McGinnis, John Stevens, Lucile Doan Ewing, Patrice Watson, Moses Peace, Robert Meltzer, Ray Hill, Mattie Grayson, Timothy Fall

Release: 1984-05-18

Runtime: 105

Plot: Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.

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